A court in Maharashtra’s Raigad district has sentenced a 32-year-old man to life imprisonment.
The conviction is based on charges of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl nearly three years ago.
Aadesh Patil, who also faces nine additional cases, was on parole when he sexually assaulted the child from Pen taluka in the early hours of December 30, 2020, leading to her demise, as per the prosecution
Ajey S Rajandekar, the district sessions judge of Raigad, found Patil guilty of rape and murder under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convict.
During the proceedings, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam argued for the death penalty for Patil.
